The Barn Owl

The barn owl with it’s distinctive heart shaped face surveys the field below. Barn owls are nocturnal but can occasionally be seen in the early morning and late afternoon. Their small black eyes are precision tools, picking up on the slightest movement of small mammals on their travels such as voles, mice and shrews.

Barn owl

£99.00

Ltd edition artist printMounted dimensions*505mm x 345mmIN STOCK

The Kingfisher

The kingfisher can be easily overlooked perched motionless on a branch beside a stream or river, always on the look-out for fish but there’s no missing it in flight, with its distinctive plumage, the back, rump and tail are almost “electric” blue.They eat various species of small fish (Stickleback, Minnow, and Chub) and larger aquatic insects caught by plunge-diving from a perch or while hovering.A shill whistled “chee-kee”, frequently repeated. It is usually one first signs that a Kingfisher is present.

Series of 350 limited edition prints titled and signed by the artist.

Kingfisher

£49.00

Ltd edition artist printMounted dimensions*325mm x 300mmIN STOCK

The Badger

These social creatures live with their families underground in setts of interlocking tunnels and nesting chambers. The badger’s main diet is earthworms, with an adult consuming several hundred a night.

Robin

£59.00

Ltd edition artist printMounted dimensions*373mm x 298mmIN STOCK

Biography

Cornish wildlife artist Jon Tremaine was born in Truro, United Kingdom, and from a young age would spend his time in his local woods collecting fungi, exploring streams and spotting wildlife. Jon is a self-taught artist, and began to create drawings in his unique style in 1981, though didn’t continue with his passion until 28 years later! Jon exhibited his wildlife art for the first time in 2008 and has since become extremely well known by nature lovers and art collectors throughout the UK and abroad. College and University students often study Jon’s art as part of their course work, he also works with local schools to further their interest in art and nature. He can usually be found engrossed in his latest drawing at his working artist studio and gallery in Lelant near St Ives, Cornwall.

Jon creates his wildlife art using a Rotring pen drawing directly on to Schoellershammer art board. This pen has the finest 0.10mm nib affording him the opportunity to draw with great precision. His pen and ink wildlife drawings are a labour of love, taking up to two hundred and eighty hours to create.

Jon says: “Animals are amazing; I’m in awe of how they fend for themselves and adapt to their environment.” For him, interpreting their shapes and weaving them together to create these fascinating drawings is the challenge. “It is an intricate balance. A lot of thought has to go in to deciding how the fauna and flora will merge and how to add structure within the bigger picture. It takes time and cunning to consider how each component part of the drawing will relate to another in terms of relevance, shape, tone and form. Whilst the wildlife images come from Jon’s observations, photographs and reference books, the flora is sometimes an artistic interpretation drawn from his life experiences, a bit of imagination and joy gained from walking in nature.

Jon’s sells his work world wide, he has a strong following in Australia, Germany and the United States. His work has been featured in many regional editorials and international magazines including “Wildscape”. Closer to home he is a keen business supporter of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust.